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Nordic Council Film Prize
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The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize.
History
[edit]The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary.[1] Since 2005 the prize has been annual. In 2023, Greenland submitted a film for the first time with The Edge Of The Shadow, directed by Malik Kleist.[2]
Description
[edit]The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is secretariat to the Nordic Council. It is funded by 22 partners: the Nordic Council of Ministers; five national film institutes; and 16 public and private media companies. It also funds the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize at the annual Gothenburg Film Festival.[3]
One winner is chosen from submissions from the five Nordic countries.
In 2008, the prize money of the Nordic Council Film Prize was €47,000. According to the Nordic Council, the prize is given for "the creation of an artistically original film that is rooted in Nordic cultural circles".[4][needs update]
Prize winners and nominees
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References
[edit]- ^ Neiiendam, Jacob (30 October 2002). "Man Without A Past wins new Nordic prize, joins Oscar race". Screen International. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (22 August 2023). "Nordic Council Film Prize nominates first Greenlandic film for $45,000 award". Screen International. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "About us". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ The Nordic Council Film Prize Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, Nordic Council of Ministers (2008)
- ^ "Nordisk Film & TV Fond". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Wendy Mitchell, "Nordic Council Film Prize reveals five nominees for $40,000 award". Screen Daily, 23 August 2022.
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